MEET THE SPEAKERS
A Virtual Interactive Summit 
THE OCTOBER 4, 2024
US UK SUMMIT ON RACE
​ECONOMIC INEQUALITY & RACE BREAKING THE CYCLE
​FREE & OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC WORLDWIDE
 11am EDT • 10am CST •  9am MST • 8am PST
4pm BST UK


KEYNOTE SPEAKER 
DR. CARLTON BROWN
​DEI Expert and Author
​ CEO, Aspire Consultancy
The United Kingdom

Dr Carlton Brown is an award-winning leading voice in Diversity Equity and Inclusion, race, entrepreneurship, and supplier diversity and an author, consultant, academic speaker, CEO, and conference host. 
He has a wealth of experience in the areas of sales, marketing, leadership, resource management, and business strategy, which he has amassed from his various roles in the corporate world and business over the past 25 years. 


Carlton has held several senior leadership positions in FTSE100 (Financial Times Stock Exchange) companies, mainly in the support service sector. As Sales and Marketing Director of Sunlight Services Group, he turned around an underachieving business, delivering growth for three consecutive years. In his role as Managing Director of Just Washroom Services (2007-2014), he established and led the company from scratch to achieve a $1m business.


Today, Carlton is the CEO of Aspire Consultancy, which provides services to the Public and Private sectors whilst also working with small to medium-sized enterprises; Founder of Marshall & Brown, an award-winning premium Caribbean food and drinks brand; and host of the UK Black Business Entrepreneur Conference.


Carlton holds a Post-graduate Diploma in Leadership, a master’s in business administration (MBA), and a PhD in Business Performance Management. An advocate for change, he regularly writes about the lack of access for Black and minority entrepreneurs gaining access to the public and private sector supply chain and about supplier diversity, equality, and inclusion.


His report, The Black Entrepreneur Report (2021), investigates entrepreneurship, race, and ethnic minority disparities in the UK, whilst The Race Paradox focuses on the unconscious disconnection between corporate intention and reality. He has also written a series of academic peer-reviewed articles relating to CSR and supplier diversity.


In recognition of his exemplary achievements, Carlton has won several awards and been shortlisted for many. He has won the following awards: London Business Award (2010), Docklands and City Training and Development Company Award (2011), Black Business Recommendation (BBR) Outstanding Contribution to Business Award (2023), and was a finalist in the East London Chamber of Commerce and a finalist for Employer of the Year (2012).

He has published extensively, including his latest publication, Entrepreneurship Challenges of Black African Caribbean Diaspora (BACD) in the United Kingdom: A Critical Race Theory Approach (2023).

Carlton is also a visiting Lecturer for the London School of Business and Finance and Global Banking School, a former Board Member of the UK Association of Business Mentors (ABM), and a former member of The Professional Speaking Association.



Carlton has contributed to several media outlets such as the London Chamber of Commerce business magazine, Business start-up magazine; The Voice newspaper; The Gleaner, New Business; UK Daily News; Melanmag; and Colourful Radio, as well as podcasts. He has also been a speaker at the Creative UK Creative Coalition Festival 2023: The London Economic Forum, the London Chamber of Commerce, the BUD leadership conference, The Diverse Business Summit, Westminster Council, Hammersmith, and Fulham Council.


Dr Carlton Brown’s forthcoming book, The Race Paradox: Why Organisations Fail on Race, is due to be published in 2025.

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​*Please note in respect to our Distinguished Speakers from the United Kingdom, some of the words spelled here are the correct spelling for those countries in the UK


​KEYNOTE SPEAKER

KEITH WYCHE
Change Management Leader
Former Vice President WALMART
The United States

Keith Wyche is an operations change management leader with an exceptional record of turning around underperforming operations and managing industries undergoing rapid technological or competitive change. He excels at talent development and has a consistent record of growing revenue and expanding margins across a broad range of industries, including technology, manufacturing, outsourced services, and grocery retail.


Keith brings corporate governance experience through his work as an Independent Director on the Board of WMS Industries (NYSE: WMS), (New York Stock Exchange) acquired by Scientific Game Corporation (NASDAQ: SGMS), now Light & Wonder (NASDAQ: LNW). Keith’s expertise in digital transformation and operations allowed him to advise the company as it transitioned from a provider of casino gaming equipment to a provider of online gaming solutions in response to industry trends.


In September 2022, Keith was named an Independent Director of the Board of The Brinks Company (NYSE: BCO) as Brinks began its transformation from a cash logistics organization to a cash technology company.
Keith was president, U.S. Operations, at Pitney Bowes, where he led the Management Services Division with sales of $650 million. In that role, he turned around the business, improving client satisfaction and retention, cutting costs, and generating revenue and EBIT growth that exceeded the industry.


Previously with SUPERVALU, Keith served as president of CUB Foods, a $3 billion grocery chain suffering from poor customer satisfaction and declining sales. During his tenure, he improved same-store sales growth from negative 8% to positive 2% while achieving an industry-leading 6% EBIT margin. Due to his success, he was subsequently named president of the 119-store ACME Markets grocery chain, where he generated 2% same-store sales growth in his first year, reversing a five-year downtrend, and achieved a 135 -basis-point improvement in the EBITDA margin.


Keith is a retired corporate officer and former Vice President of Community Engagement and Support for Walmart. In this role, Keith was responsible for re-imagining how Walmart operates in the major metropolitan areas in which we do business. Prior to this role, Keith was the Regional Vice-President for Walmart’s Northeast Region, responsible for over 30,000 Walmart associates and $9 billion in annual revenue.


Keith holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Administration from Cleveland State University and an MBA from Baldwin-Wallace University. He is a frequent public speaker and author of two NAACP Image Award Nominated books, Good Is Not Enough: And Other Unwritten Rules for Minority Professionals and Diversity Is Not Enough. He has appeared on NBC’s “The Today Show,” Fox Business News, and others, and has been featured in many major publications, including Time, WSJ, Business Insider, and Black Enterprise.

GARTH DALLAS
Lead Program Moderator
​United Kingdom

Garth O. Dallas is a Jamaican-born, Liverpool-based UK lawyer, multi-disciplinary business consultant, DEI specialist, and expert in ethical and socially responsible organizational and societal practices.

He sits on multiple Boards, including Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, one of Europe’s most prominent and busiest children’s hospitals, where he is the Board’s DEI Champion and provides oversight on issues like health inequities and inclusivity in shaping the hospital’s strategic direction. 

Garth is also a Board member of the Belong Cohesion Network, the UK’s leading membership organisation on social cohesion, offering academic research, consultancy, training, networking, thought leadership and events for members across sectors in the UK. Belong exists to connect, support, and mobilise all those working to build stronger, more resilient, connected communities.

He is a founding member of the Liverpool Commonwealth Association and co-founder of the Good Small Business Awards, the UK’s first Business Sustainability Awards exclusively for small and micro businesses, recognising excellence in small and micro business social and environmental impact and business sustainability. 

Garth has been a member of the Organizing Founders of the US UK Summit on Race since its formation in May 2021. He is the father of two sons and is married to Claire Dallas.
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​*Please note in respect to our Distinguished Speakers from the United Kingdom, some of the words spelled here are the correct spelling for those countries in the UK

BILL WELLS, JR
Lead Program Moderator
​United States

Bill Wells, Jr. is President, W. Wells & Associates, LLC, a management consulting firm specializing in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) strategy. Additionally, Bill provides customized human capital and talent acquisition solutions as well as working closely with senior leaders providing coaching and guidance during culture change and transformation.
 
Bill holds an MBA degree with a major in Marketing, a graduate certificate in Business Administration, and a Bachelor of Arts degree with a Psychology major. Bill is a life member of the National Black MBA Association, including serving as former Chairman. He is a life member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity one of the Divine Nine Fraternities within the Black Greek Pan-Hellenic Council. Also, Bill is married, has two sons, is a freelance writer, avid music-lover, jazz enthusiast, and enjoys golf.

Friday October 4, 2024
​FREE & OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC WORLDWIDE
​   11am EDT • 10am CST •  9am MST • 8am PST
4pm BST UK